What is Shanghai requisitioning hotels for?

Hotels requisitioned in Shanghai are generally used as isolation points.

At present, Shanghai belongs to a special period of epidemic prevention and control. In order to fight the epidemic, some hotels were requisitioned as isolation points. The hotel has complete facilities and suitable conditions, and it is ready-made. There is no need to waste resources to build a shelter. After disinfection, it can be put into use again, avoiding the waste of resources and killing two birds with one stone.

In order to meet the needs of public interests, the state may, in accordance with the law, expropriate or requisition citizens' private property and compensate them.